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October 28, 2004 08:31 PM - California Safe Schools

After issuing more than 575 "Title V" permits to the most polluting facilities in the region, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will hold its first formal hearing on a proposed Title V air pollution permit.

October 27, 2004 09:27 AM - David Phillips and Mark J. Palmer

The Bush Administration's record of warping, suppressing, and ignoring
science that undermines their pro-business political agenda keeps
worsening. In no issue is this more explicit than the recent federal
court decision from a lawsuit filed by Earth Island Institute and nine
other environmental groups against the Administration's attempts to
weaken the "Dolphin Safe" tuna label.

October 27, 2004 09:26 AM - The Prakriti Foundation

Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) is a globally endangered primate that is found mostly in Bangladesh and some parts of India and Myanmar. Its beautiful orange red colour with greyish back, long tail, large sparkling eyes and shy nature easily attracts attention. Most naturalists will fall in love with this beautiful primate at first sight. The animal is arboreal and lives on tall Sal trees (Shorea robusta) and survive on leaves and some fruits.

October 26, 2004 04:30 PM - UN Environment Programme

Ministers and senior officials are meeting
here this week to discuss how to invigorate national efforts to achieve the
goals of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal.

October 26, 2004 04:28 PM - The Nature Conservancy in Illinois

New plans are underway to update the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, which identifies and classifies the state’s vanishing natural heritage. Its pioneering implementation, beginning in 1978, made it a profound agent of change, driving decisions at multiple levels of Illinois government.

October 25, 2004 06:34 PM - Natural Resources Defense Council

More than 10,000 tons of trash  from cigarette butts to syringes  washes up on public beaches every year, particularly early in the rainy season and after major storms such as those last week. Proposition O on the city's crowded November ballot will provide $500 million to reduce polluted stormwater runoff that contaminates Los Angeles' rivers, lakes and beaches.

October 25, 2004 06:31 PM - The Trust for Public Land

Guided by the leadership of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has granted $2 Million in federal funds from the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program toward the effort to purchase and protect the 1,129-acre PĆ¼pĆ¼kea-PaumalĆ¼ property on O”ahu’s North Shore. The Trust for Public Land, a non-profit group spearheading the effort, announced the grant today and praised Senator Inouye for securing the funds. Once the planned site of a large development above Sunset Beach, the property remains in open space today after development plans fell through in the face of stiff community opposition and economic changes.